Lattimore, the No. 2 running back in the country according to Rivals.com, was going to take in the Kentucky- South Carolina game as a spectator on Saturday, but he told ESPN's South Carolina Web site BigSpur.com he won't even be going to that game, saying that he was just "flat-out tired," in a text message.

This time, something strange and wonderful happened. The skies cleared, the rain stopped and the starving blind man gorged himself on a much-needed victory and finally regained his sight ¿ the vision of making the playoffs.